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• Teen convicted of stealing iPad from child sentenced

  01-12-2015 23:55
  
  A teen convicted of snatching an iPad from the hands of a 4-year-old boy in July accepted a plea deal in court, Tuesday. 
  
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• The search for a new #UM football coach has officially gone to the dogs bit.ly/1MUuOKF?utm_me… https://t.co/bTlTZxOQvJ

  01-12-2015 23:37 via twitter.com
  
  The search for a new #UM football coach has officially gone to the dogs bit.ly/1MUuOKF?utm_me… https://t.co/bTlTZxOQvJ
  
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• Miami reached 83° today. Key West hit 82°. Those temps are "above average." https://t.co/LmWaVvRBr6

  01-12-2015 23:05 via twitter.com
  
  Miami reached 83° today.Key West hit 82°.Those temps are "above average." https://t.co/LmWaVvRBr6
  
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• If you have bad #WiFi during the holidays, blame #Christmas bit.ly/1jxjPMB?utm_me… https://t.co/wNEvWMOAaf

  01-12-2015 22:54 via twitter.com
  
  If you have bad #WiFi during the holidays, blame #Christmas bit.ly/1jxjPMB?utm_me… https://t.co/wNEvWMOAaf
  
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• Crash on I-95 SB at Atlantic Blvd. Speeds at 15mph #traffic #pompanobeach https://t.co/67tejm82wX

  01-12-2015 22:54 via twitter.com
  
  Crash on I-95 SB at Atlantic Blvd. Speeds at 15mph #traffic #pompanobeach https://t.co/67tejm82wX
  
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• Video: FIU students displaced by apartment fire

  01-12-2015 22:51
  
  Firefighters walk through the 8th floor stairway of the 109 Tower at about 1 am after a grease fire in a 10th-floor apartment fire forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. … Click to Continue »
  
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• FIU students displaced by apartment fire

  01-12-2015 22:51
  
  Firefighters walk through the 8th floor stairway of the 109 Tower at about 1 am after a grease fire in a 10th-floor apartment fire forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. … Click to Continue »
  
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• Nicaraguan religious holiday La Griteria to be celebrated Saturday

  01-12-2015 22:38
  
  La Griteria is a Catholic religious holiday first celebrated in NicaraguaThe holiday will be observed in South Florida including Kendall, Little Havana, Hialeah and Sweetwater … Click to Continue »
  
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• Nicaraguan religious, cultural event La Griteria to be celebrated Saturday

  01-12-2015 22:38
  
  La Griteria is a Catholic religious and cultural event first celebrated in NicaraguaThe event will be observed in South Florida including Kendall, Little Havana, Hialeah and Sweetwater … Click to Continue »
  
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• FIU students evacuated after apartment building fire

  01-12-2015 22:14
  
  An apartment building that houses many Florida International University students had to be evacuated early Tuesday morning, after a fire.
  
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• Julio Iglesias Live at American Airlines Arena

  01-12-2015 22:05
  
  Julio Iglesias performs live at the American Airlines Arena in Miami on Friday, April 29th, 2016.The show is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m.For tickets or more information click here.
  
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• ‘Hip Hop Nutcracker’ to remix a classic at the Arsht Center

  01-12-2015 22:05
  
  ‘The Hip Hop Nutcracker’ inspired by club cultureLove story is set in New York City’s Washington HeightsSunday’s opening act will feature students from local school, live DJ and electric violinist … Click to Continue »
  
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• Miami is catching some "dry time" as the 4pm hour approaches. End of the week will bring rain! https://t.co/u9NhAY3iSr

  01-12-2015 21:56 via twitter.com
  
  Miami is catching some "dry time" as the 4pm hour approaches.End of the week will bring rain! https://t.co/u9NhAY3iSr
  
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• Debris on Turnpike NB at NW 41st St. Right lane blocked.16mph speeds #traffic #miami https://t.co/OsjScgwtH6

  01-12-2015 21:54 via twitter.com
  
  Debris on Turnpike NB at NW 41st St. Right lane blocked.16mph speeds #traffic #miami https://t.co/OsjScgwtH6
  
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• Crash on I-95 NB at Griffin Rd. 2 lanes blocked. Speeds at 28mph #traffic #daniabeach https://t.co/7aGqIzZFkN

  01-12-2015 21:54 via twitter.com
  
  Crash on I-95 NB at Griffin Rd. 2 lanes blocked. Speeds at 28mph #traffic #daniabeach https://t.co/7aGqIzZFkN
  
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• Pipe bomb explodes in Istanbul, wounding 5 at rush hour

  01-12-2015 21:53
  
  A pipe bomb left on a highway overpass near an Istanbul subway station exploded Tuesday, wounding five people, a local official said. The blast caused some panic in the city, which is on edge following a spate of deadly bombings in Turkey.
  
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• Have You Seen Coco?

  01-12-2015 21:38 via nbcmiami.com
  
  Coco is missing and his family is offering a reward to get him back!
  
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• Woman charged with animal cruelty for taping dog's mouth

  01-12-2015 21:31
  
  Authorities in Cary say a woman who posted a picture of her chocolate lab-mix with its mouth taped shut on her social media page and sparked public outrage is charged with animal cruelty.
  
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• Reward offered for information about fatal Sunrise shooting

  01-12-2015 21:27
  
  Broward Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $3,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a third person believed to be involved in the shooting death of a man in Sunrise.Damian Ghurpersad was found shot to death Nov. 23 outside a home at 1880 NW 59th Way.Two people have been arrested in connection with the shooting and police are searching for one other person. The third person is described as a black man in his early to mid-20s with dreadlocks. He is about 5 feet,
  
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• #Dolphins team source: CJ Mosley has been waived/injured

  01-12-2015 21:26 via twitter.com
  #Dolphins team source: CJ Mosley has been waived/injured
  
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• Judge denies Miami Lakes’ second motion to dismiss Mayor Pizzi’s legal fees lawsuit

  01-12-2015 21:16
  
  The decision comes two weeks after a judge ruled Pizzi is entitled to pursue his lawsuitThe town of Miami Lakes now has 10 days to respond to the judge’s decision … Click to Continue »
  
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• Judge denies Miami Lakes’ second motion to dismiss Mayor Pizzi’s lawsuit for the recovery of legal fees

  01-12-2015 21:16
  
  This comes two weeks after he a five-page opinion that stated that Pizzi is entitled to persue his lawsuitThe town now has 10 days to respond to the judge’s decision … Click to Continue »
  
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• Reports: Bonds likely to become one of #Marlins hitting coaches... bit.ly/1SsAQDG?utm_me… https://t.co/89qr28ul6n

  01-12-2015 21:15 via twitter.com
  
  Reports:Bonds likely to become one of #Marlins hitting coaches... bit.ly/1SsAQDG?utm_me… https://t.co/89qr28ul6n
  
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• Miami-Dade detective pleads guilty in jewelry theft

  01-12-2015 21:14
  
  A suspended Miami-Dade police detective has pleaded guilty in the theft of expensive jewelry from a home while executing a search warrant.
  
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• Art Basel: When fans snapped photos of Lenny Kravitz, the rocker took them right back

  01-12-2015 21:12
  
  Lenny Kravitz brings his first exhibition of photographs to Art Week in MiamiThe show, called “Flash,” features tightly composed shots of fans and paparazzi mobbing him for photosIt runs through Sunday in the Design District … Click to Continue »
  
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• Art Basel: When fans snapped photos of Lenny Kravitz, the rocker snapped back

  01-12-2015 21:12
  
  Lenny Kravitz brings his first exhibition of photographs to Art Week in MiamiThe show, called ‘Flash,’ features shots of fans and paparazzi mobbing the rockerThe photographic turnabout runs through Sunday in the Design District … Click to Continue »
  
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• JetBlue considers a new approach to training pilots

  01-12-2015 21:06
  
  JetBlue wants to recruit a few flight students with no flying experience and train them to become pilots.
  
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• David Blatt and Luke Walton have been named NBA coaches of the month for November

  01-12-2015 21:01 via twitter.com
  David Blatt and Luke Walton have been named NBA coaches of the month for November
  
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• Far from Paris, South Florida climate talks begin in Key West

  01-12-2015 20:50
  
  South Florida leaders to update regional compactObama highlights Miami in call for actionSummit one of numerous events locally tied to climate change … Click to Continue »
  
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• The Latest on Freddie Gray: Jury may be seated Wednesday

  01-12-2015 20:47
  The latest on the trial of a police officer accused in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who suffered a spinal injury in the back of a transport van (all times local):
  
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• Probe near end in 'suicide by cop' case that killed officer

  01-12-2015 20:47
  The investigation into whether there should be in any charges in the June fatal shootings of a Cincinnati police officer and an armed suspect police say was staging a "suicide by cop" is nearly complete, a southwest Ohio...
  
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• Police investigate death of Alaska's capital city mayor

  01-12-2015 20:39
  The newly elected mayor of Alaska's capital city was found dead at his Juneau home, and police are investigating a range of possible causes.
  
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• Ohio high court overturns death sentence in beating death

  01-12-2015 20:39
  A condemned killer's troubled childhood, which included learning the drug trade from his mother, outweigh the brutal nature of his crime, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in overturning the man's death...
  
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• Lawyer: Boy taken by dad in 2002 has visited mom in Alabama

  01-12-2015 20:39
  A boy who was taken from his Alabama home by his father in 2002 and raised in Ohio under a new identity recently reconnected with his mother in Alabama, the father's attorney said Tuesday after his client pleaded not...
  
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• Dancing cop disinvited from 2nd city, blasts NAACP head

  01-12-2015 20:39
  A second city on Tuesday withdrew its invitation for Rhode Island's "Dancing Cop" to direct holiday traffic because of his activism against the Black Lives Matter movement. The retired officer responded by blasting the...
  
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• Chicago mayor fires police chief in wake of video release

  01-12-2015 20:39
  
  Mayor Rahm Emanuel fired the city's police superintendent Tuesday, a week after the release of a dash-cam video that showed a white Chicago officer fatally shooting a black teenager 16 times.
  
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• Boston Marathon bomber's lawyers argue for new trial

  01-12-2015 20:39
  
  Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev - sentenced to death for his admitted role in the deadly 2013 attack - deserves a new trial to reconsider both his guilt and his punishment, his lawyers argued Tuesday.
  
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• Miami Stories: Tale spans from Depression era to present

  01-12-2015 20:30
  
  My mother Myrtis Virgina Bell came to Miami in 1913, her birth year, from Polk County. Charles and Virginia Bell, my grandparents, worked in a phosphate mine there. In Miami, … Click to Continue »
  
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• 3 people, dog hurt after plane crashes near Opa-locka canal

  01-12-2015 20:07
  
  Three people and a dog were hurt after the small plane they were flying in crashed after take off from Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, Tuesday morning.
  
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• Generational Divide: Why age matters when it comes to gift cards

  01-12-2015 20:00
  
  A new report found a generational divide when it comes to gift card purchases."If you are giving a card to a millennial, they prefer to have a general purpose card, where they could be used almost anywhere," said Claes Bell, CFA, Bankrate.com banking analyst. "Whereas older consumers preferred a card for a specific restaurant, a specific store, some business that they like to go to, so there's a little bit of a disconnect there generationally."Millennials essentially want cash on a card. I guess
  
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• Coconut Creek man dies after crashing into semi-truck

  01-12-2015 19:50
  
  A Coconut Creek man has died after he crashed his minivan into a semi-truck in Pompano Beach Monday night.The crash was reported just after 7 p.m. in the 1900 block of West Copans Road.Broward County Sheriff's deputies said Michelo Pubien, 47, somehow lost control of his 1998 Dodge Grand Caravan while he was driving west on Copans Road approaching the intersection at Powerline Road.Detectives said the Dodge struck the curb along the north side of the roadway, went onto the sidewalk, sideswiped a
  
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• Miami-Dade cop pleads guilty to stealing jewelry while serving search warrant

  01-12-2015 19:48
  
  A Miami-Dade police officer accused of stealing jewelry from a home while helping the DEA execute a search warrant in May pleaded guilty Tuesday to dealing in stolen property.Detective Karel Rosario, a nine-year veteran of the Miami-Dade Police Department, was arrested in June after it was discovered that he tried to sell some of the stolen jewelry to a jeweler at the Seybold Jewelry Building in downtown Miami.According to the State Attorney's Office, Rosario stole a Cartier watch containing a c
  
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• MDPD Detective Pleads Guilty to Jewelry Theft

  01-12-2015 19:48 via nbcmiami.com
  
  A suspended Miami-Dade Police Department detective pled guilty Tuesday after authorities say he stole expensive jewelry and watches as DEA agents executed a search warrant back in May.Photo Credit: clipart.com
  
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• Police searching for missing Opa-locka student

  01-12-2015 19:45
  
  Police are asking for the public's help in finding a student who went missing after leaving her Opa-locka school.
  
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• UM program helps HIV-positive teens get medical treatment

  01-12-2015 19:34
  
  Promote to Protect is the only program in Miami-Dade that links HIV-positive young people to medical careMiami-Dade and Broward counties lead the state in HIV transmissions … Click to Continue »
  
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• New legislation filed to combat gas station skimmers

  01-12-2015 19:10
  
  In a Call Christina exclusive series of reports, investigative consumer reporter Christina Vazquez showed you how thieves were placing skimmers inside gas pumps.Now new legislation is being proposed to make that harder for scammers to do.Related links:Call Christina tells you how to avoid gas pump skimmersMiami-Dade police seek victims in credit card fraud bust
  Credit card skimmers, diesel theft, marijuana grow house, cockfighting ring busted in Miami-Dade CountyAs Vazquez reported on Local 10 N
  
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• Neighbors in Religion: This holiday season, give the gift of love

  01-12-2015 19:02
  
  Holiday concerts scheduled throughout Miami-Dade CountyKnitWits knitting ministry creates robes for nursing home residents … Click to Continue »
  
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• Teen accused of stealing iPad from child sentenced

  01-12-2015 18:47
  
  A teen accused of snatching an iPad from the hands of a 4-year-old boy in July accepted a plea deal in court, Tuesday.
  
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• Win 4 tickets to @UniversalORL each day this week in the Holiday Getaway Giveaway ENTER HERE bit.ly/1nz2lyN?utm_me… https://t.co/sGILAVfLJQ

  01-12-2015 18:45 via twitter.com
  
  Win 4 tickets to @UniversalORL each day this week in the Holiday Getaway Giveaway ENTER HERE bit.ly/1nz2lyN?utm_me… https://t.co/sGILAVfLJQ
  
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• Charges dropped against wife of Miami Dolphins cornerback

  01-12-2015 18:44
  
  All charges against Miami Dolphins cornerback Brent Grimes' wife, Miko Grimes, have been dropped Tuesday, after a volatile incident at Sun Life Stadium.
  
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